Dr.-Ing. Gerald Sequeira

Research Assistant C-ISAFE

+49 841 9348-6851

Gerald.Sequeira@carissma.eu

Fax: +49 841 9348-996851

Room: P305

Research

AI-Assisted Vehicle Safety: Developing physics-combined AI models for real-time crash severity estimation.
Injury Severity Prediction: Machine learning models for pre-crash assessment of occupant risk.
Adaptive Restraint Strategies: Creating dynamic safety systems that adjust to crash-specific variables.
Lidar-Based Sensing: High-precision vehicle contour estimation for enhanced spatial awareness.
Advanced Crash Testing: Design and execution of research-oriented, non-standard crash tests.

Vita

Since 01/2025: Postdoctoral Researcher (Projekt: KI-Safe), Funding: bidt (Bayerisches Forschungsinstitut für Digitale Transformation).
Since 08/2022: Team Lead- Crash and Injury Severity, CARISSMA ISAFE
Since 10/2013: Lecturer, Faculty: Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, TH Ingolstadt.

Subjects:

o Vehicle Crash Mechanics and Biomechanics

o Vehicle Electronics

o Integrale Fahrzeugsicherheit

o Fahrzeugaktorik

07/2016 – 08/2022: Doctorate "Prediction based activation of vehicle safety systems- A contribution to improve occupant safety by validation of pre-crash information and crash severity plus restraint strategy prediction”
06/2016 – 07/2022: Research Associate, CARISSMA
10/2013 – 05/2016: Research Associate, Centre for Applied Research (ZAF)
03/2012 - 12/2013: Master Studies in International Automotive Engineering, TH Ingolstadt
04/2011 - 03/2012: Scientific Officer-C, National Center for Radio Astrophysics, Pune, India: Responsible for design and development of radio telescope structure and workshop manager

Awards and Nominations

Post-Doctoral Research Grant: 4-year funding and membership in the Bavarian Research Alliance (2024).
City of Ingolstadt Excellence Prize: Awarded for outstanding scientific work and doctoral achievement (2022).
Academic Excellence Scholarship: Awarded by the Bavarian State Ministry of Education, Science, and the Arts (2012).

Professional Contributions & Links

Supervision: Mentor for numerous Bachelor’s and Master’s theses at TH Ingolstadt and various German universities.
Project: KI-gestützte Sicherheitssysteme für Automatisiertes Fahren (KI-Safe)
ResearchGate

Publikationen

2025

SEQUEIRA, Gerald Joy, Maximilian INDERST, Redjon XHIKU, Robert LUGNER und Thomas BRANDMEIER, 2025. Sigmoid-Based Method for Longitudinal Crash Pulse Prediction in Intelligent Vehicles. 2024 IEEE International Conference on Vehicular Electronics and Safety (ICVES). Piscataway: IEEE. ISBN 979-8-3503-8727-8. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICVES61986.2024.10927899

2023

INDERST, Maximilian, Robert LUGNER, Thomas BRANDMEIER, Shaen MEHRZED, Gerald Joy SEQUEIRA und Marcelo GRIEBELER, 2023. Definition of Requirements for the Temporal Accuracy of Inevitability Evaluation in Integral Pre-crash Systems. FAST-Zero'23: 7th International Symposium on Future Active Safety Technology toward Zero Accidents - Proceedings. Gobancho: JSAE. Available at: https://tech.jsae.or.jp/paperinfo/en/content/conf2023-03.004/

2022

SCHLAMP, Anna-Lena, Kilian SCHNEIDER, Robert LUGNER, Gerald Joy SEQUEIRA und Thomas BRANDMEIER, 2022. Approximation of the overlap for integral safety systems. Fahrzeugsicherheit: Auf dem Weg zur Fahrzeugsicherheit 2030. Düsseldorf: VDI Verlag, Page 407-418. ISBN 978-3-18-102387-7. Available at: https://doi.org/10.51202/9783181023877-407

SEQUEIRA, Gerald Joy, Anudeep Reddy KONDA, Robert LUGNER, Ulrich JUMAR und Thomas BRANDMEIER, 2022. Crash Pulse Prediction Using Regression Algorithm with Gradient Descent Optimization Method for Integrated Safety Systems. SAE International Journal of Transportation Safety, 10 (2022)(2), 09-10-02-0009. ISSN 2327-5634. Available at: https://doi.org/10.4271/09-10-02-0009

2021

LUGNER, Robert, Maximilian INDERST, Gerald Joy SEQUEIRA, Kilian SCHNEIDER und Thomas BRANDMEIER, 2021. Collision Prediction for Irreversible Pre-Crash Safety Measures. FISITA Web Congress 2020. Bishops Stortford: FISITA. Available at: https://www.fisita.com/library/f2020-pif-033

LUGNER, Robert, Daniel VRIESMAN, Maximilian INDERST, Gerald Joy SEQUEIRA, Niyathipriya PASUPULETI, Alessandro ZIMMER und Thomas BRANDMEIER, 2021. Evaluation of sensor tolerances and inevitability for pre-crash safety systems in real case scenarios. 2020 IEEE 3rd Connected and Automated Vehicles Symposium (CAVS). Piscataway: IEEE. ISBN 978-1-7281-9001-3. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1109/CAVS51000.2020.9334578

LUGNER, Robert, Robert KRAUSE, Maximilian INDERST, Kilian SCHNEIDER, Gerald Joy SEQUEIRA und Thomas BRANDMEIER, 2021. Interface and Optimizations for Crash Severity Estimation and Inevitability Modelling in Pre-Crash Safety Systems. FISITA World Congress 2021. Bishops Stortford: FISITA. Available at: https://www.fisita.com/library/f2021-pif-070

SEQUEIRA, Gerald Joy, Elnagdy ELNAGDY, Gokulesh DANAPAL, Robert LUGNER, Ulrich JUMAR und Thomas BRANDMEIER, 2021. Investigation of Different Classification Algorithms for Predicting Occupant Injury Criterion to Decide the Required Restraint Strategy. 2021 IEEE International Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference (ITSC). Piscataway: IEEE, Page 204-210. ISBN 978-1-7281-9142-3. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC48978.2021.9564868

SEQUEIRA, Gerald Joy, Bhuvan HARLAPUR, David OBANDO ORTEGON, Robert LUGNER, Thomas BRANDMEIER und Valentin SOLOIU, 2021. Investigation of Influence from Variation in Color on LiDAR Sensor for Perception of Environment in Autonomous Vehicles. In: MUŠTRA, Mario, Josip VUKOVIC und Branka ZOVKO-CIHLAR, Editors Proceedings ELMAR-2021: 63rd International Symposium ELMAR-2021. Piscataway: IEEE, Page 71-76. ISBN 978-1-6654-4437-8. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1109/ELMAR52657.2021.9550943

SEQUEIRA, Gerald Joy, Bhuvan HARLAPUR, Robert LUGNER und Thomas BRANDMEIER, 2021. Investigation of three-arc contour prediction algorithm on KITTI LiDAR raw data set. 2021 IEEE 94th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2021-Fall): Proceedings. Piscataway: IEEE. ISBN 978-1-6654-1368-8. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1109/VTC2021-Fall52928.2021.9625355

2020

SEQUEIRA, Gerald Joy, Manasi SURVE, Shahabaz AFRAJ und Thomas BRANDMEIER, 2020. A novel concept for validation of pre-crash perception sensor information using contact sensor. 2020 IEEE 23rd International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC). Piscataway: IEEE. ISBN 978-1-7281-4149-7. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC45102.2020.9294242

MOTHERSHED, David Michael, Robert LUGNER, Shahabaz AFRAJ, Gerald Joy SEQUEIRA, Kilian SCHNEIDER, Thomas BRANDMEIER und Valentin SOLOIU, 2020. Comparison and Evaluation of Algorithms for LiDAR-Based Contour Estimation in Integrated Vehicle Safety. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 23(5), 3925-3942. ISSN 1558-0016. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1109/TITS.2020.3044753

SEQUEIRA, Gerald Joy und Thomas BRANDMEIER, 2020. Evaluation and characterization of crash-pulses for head-on collisions with varying overlap crash scenarios. Transportation Research Procedia, 2020(48), 1306-1315. ISSN 2352-1465. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2020.08.156

SEQUEIRA, Gerald Joy, Akshay PATEL, Shahabaz AFRAJ, Robert LUGNER und Thomas BRANDMEIER, 2020. FEM-based methodology for crash severity estimation in frontal crash scenarios. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 2020(831), 012019. ISSN 1757-899X. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/831/1/012019

SEQUEIRA, Gerald Joy, Shahabaz AFRAJ, Manasi SURVE und Thomas BRANDMEIER, 2020. LiDAR point cloud analysis for vehicle contour estimation using polynomial approximation and curvature breakdown. 2020 IEEE 92nd Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2020-Fall) Proceedings. Piscataway: IEEE. ISBN 978-1-7281-9484-4. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1109/VTC2020-Fall49728.2020.9348457

2019

MATHIAS, Selvine George, Daniel GROSSMANN und Gerald Joy SEQUEIRA, 2019. A Comparison of Clustering Measures on Raw Signals of Welding Production Data. Proceedings 2019 International Conference on Deep Learning and Machine Learning in Emerging Applications (Deep-ML). Piscataway: IEEE, Page 55-60. ISBN 978-1-7281-2914-3. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1109/Deep-ML.2019.00019

SEQUEIRA, Gerald Joy, Robert LUGNER, Ulrich JUMAR und Thomas BRANDMEIER, 2019. A validation sensor based on carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic for early activation of automotive occupant restraint systems. Journal of sensors and sensor systems (JSSS), 8(1), 19-35. ISSN 2194-878X. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5194/jsss-8-19-2019

SEQUEIRA, Gerald Joy, Shahabaz AFRAJ, Robert LUGNER und Thomas BRANDMEIER, 2019. LiDAR based prediction and contact based validation of crash parameters for a preemptive restraint strategy. 2019 IEEE International Conference on Vehicular Electronics and Safety (ICVES). Piscataway: IEEE. ISBN 978-1-7281-3473-4. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICVES.2019.8906354

2018

SEQUEIRA, Gerald Joy, Kilian SCHNEIDER, Robert LUGNER und Thomas BRANDMEIER, 2018. Concepts for Validation Sensor for Pre-Crash Information from Forward-Looking Sensors. Sensoren und Messsysteme: Beiträge der 19. ITG/GMA-Fachtagung; ITG-Fachbericht 281. Berlin: VDE Verlag, Page 585-589. ISBN 978-3-8007-4683-5. Available at: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8436219

2017

SEQUEIRA, Gerald Joy, Robert LUGNER, Dagmar STEINHAUSER und Thomas BRANDMEIER, 2017. Investigation of intelligent features for CFRP structure in automotive safety systems. 2017 2nd IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Engineering ICITE 2017. Piscataway: IEEE, Page 18-24. ISBN 978-1-5090-6272-0. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1109/icite.2017.8056874

SCHNEIDER, Kilian, Gerald Joy SEQUEIRA, Robert LUGNER, Alexander KAMANN, Thomas BRANDMEIER und Raimund BURGMEIER, 2017. Verifizierung von Pre-Crash Informationen für die vorausschauende Aktivierung passiver Sicherheitsaktuatorik. 11. VDI-Tagung Fahrzeugsicherheit; VDI-Berichte 2312. Düsseldorf: VDI Verlag, Page 185-196. ISBN 978-3-18-092312-3.

2013

LUGNER, Robert, Gerald Joy SEQUEIRA und Thomas BRANDMEIER, 2013. Crash Detection with Structure-Borne Sound: Analysis of Plastic Buckling of Thin-Walled Circular Tubes. In: ZIEMANN, Olaf, Werner BOGNER und Jürgen MOTTOK, Editors Applied Research Conference 2013: ARC 2013. Düren: Shaker Verlag, Page 50-53. ISBN 978-3-8440-2274-2.